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ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11.-66 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, SO AS TO
CHANGE THE ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO
RESIDENTIAL WIRING; AMENDING SECTION 11-670F THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES. OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, SO AS -TO
CHANGE THE ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO
BRANCH CIRCUIT PROTECTION; -PROVIDING FOR SEVERABIL-
ITY; AND PROVIDING.A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS;
1.
That Section 1166 of The Code of Ordinances of Beaumont,
Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 11»66. Residential Wiring.
(a) In a single --family residence with seven
hundred fifty square feet of floor space, or less,
only one receptacle will be required in each room.
(b) Service --entrance cable may be used on
all -one and two family residences where three number
six copper conductors or larger are used."
2.
That Section 11-67 of The Code of Ordinances of Beaumont,
Texas, ishereby amended to read as follows:
ttSec. 11--67. Branch .Circuit Protection.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to
bridge, tamper with, or change from its.original in-
stallation, _except upon the..approval of th.e chief
electrical inspector, and then only after proper perms
mit for 'alteration has been issued, any fuse of the
plug, cartridge -type or link --type, installed in panel
boards, main switches or switchboards, or to alter or
change circuit breakers so that the -original calibra-
tion will be -affected, or to tie down or secure any
circuit breaker so that it will not function properly.
(b) The load on any branch circuit shall not
exceed eighty per cent of the circuit capacity. All
outlets except.those as defined in Section 223-B,
Article 220 of the National Electrical Code shall be
considered as one and one --half amperes minimum per
outlet. It
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That should any portion of this ordinance be invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the remaining valid portions thereof.
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That any person who violates any provision of this ordi--
nance.shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section
1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED by the City Council this 16th day of July, A.D, 1963.
Mayor --